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Shelter
Produced by KCTS/TV
- "Top notch documentary. This multi-issued, pervasive problem of
America's homeless is examined here realistically and sympathetic-ally. For
concerned public library audiences and community and special interest group
viewers." - Booklist
- "An affecting film on a major problem in our cities. Recommended."
- Landers Film Reviews
Never
since the Great Depression have so many Americans been homeless. Shelter
examines the causes of homelessness through moving interviews and portraits
of the homeless. We meet one man who has been on the road in search of work
for five years, with only a scrapbook to show for those lost years. Another,
quite out of touch with reality, typifies many of the mentally ill who were
turned out of state hospitals without adequate preparation for independent living.
One family with two children who migrated from Maine to Seattle in search of
work, has been living in their car. They represent the new poor, who are victims
of the recession.
We hear the conflicting views of policy makers, government officials and social
service providers about what should be done and who should pay.
Booklist, Editor's Choice, 1987
American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1987
55 min. Video or DVD. Sale $295. Video rental $75.
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